[Location: Tino City, City Lord's Mansion]

The Marquis of York was leaning on a cane, and he felt that his gloomy mood of the past two days had improved a little.

During this period, he suddenly felt that he was a little old.

First, his own confidant was extremely greedy and almost caused an explosion.

Then there was a sudden increase in the number of monsters lurking in the sewers, and it was also related to the disaster on the grassland.

He even began to wonder if he had played too many beautiful girls like succubi and fox people in recent years, and he was no longer able to cope with his work.

Fortunately, these things were discovered early.

The biggest disaster would be if the hidden dangers really erupted.

And it’s not without benefits.

Dragon Bone Grassland is the largest meat producing area in the entire Tino City.

In recent years, the farmers on the grassland seem to have had some evil intentions. For two consecutive years, they have made four attempts to manipulate the meat market in the capital.

Although the Marquis of York was a playboy in private, he was indeed attentive in handling government affairs, and he immediately gave them a reprimand.

He saw the farmers' intentions at a glance.

Controlling the market is fake, making money is real.

But making money is not their ultimate goal.

Since Lady Beatrice became the Princess Regent, she has promoted key elites in various fields, and some have even been granted titles.

The rise of these new nobles has allowed some people to see huge benefits.

Don't look down on farmers just because they deal with animals every day.

But as long as they are not encountering a period of rampant animal plague, these farmers may not earn less than the emerging nobles.

The more you earn, the more you want.

Just like someone saying that he is busier than the president, everyone knows what Sima Zhao is thinking.

Becoming the new nobility is the new goal of the farmers.

In fact, wanting to become a new noble is nothing. The empire is eager for more people to pursue this position.

There are so many people who want to compete for the position of the emerging nobility, why should it be the farmer's turn?

The Marquis of York could not help but recall the time in the early years when he had privately visited his deputy to recruit political staff for him.

There are many basic requirements for handling government affairs. Even in the city of Tino, which is full of talented people, it is not easy to screen out the people who are perfectly qualified for this position.

So there are bound to be people whose ratings are below par.

If the comprehensive score is calculated, it is almost below the requirement for employment, and you are about to be eliminated.

At this time, when the deputy asked "Can you accept overtime?", most of these people would say:

"Yes, I work very hard."

As a result, the City Lord's Mansion was filled with people rushing to work overtime.

So the question is, for those farmers who don't manage their farms well, don't want to improve the quality of meat and livestock, and master the core livestock technology, what should they do if they want to compete with the farmers who have real skills? Obviously, spend money.

The Marquis of York considered this a very dangerous sign.

Today you take a shortcut, tomorrow he takes a shortcut, and in the end, won't it become a big impartment where everyone takes shortcuts together?

Will anyone still be willing to follow the path of technological development and becoming a strong country? Isn't this just a way to catch fish in a dry pond? As a qualified leader, the Marquis of York does not want to see this happen.

The emperor is about to pass on the throne in the next few years, and the Marquis of York is thinking about where to set up a few targets to pave the way for the prince.

Who would have thought that the second princess and Prince Louis would just deliver the target to us?

This made him very happy!

A ready-made target, a target that no one has to worry about, so what else is there to say?

Then beat them hard! Beat them until the guy who wants to do the same thing is afraid to do it! There are not many opportunities to do it reasonably.

So, the next day.

The Marquis of York acted quickly and gave his answer.

…

That day, Olivia collapsed on the bed, not wanting to move at all.

She was in poor health and had rarely ridden a horse.

This time, her plan to escape to the grassland would be ruined even with a saddle because of the bumps.

Her little butt was in pain. If there hadn't been so many people on the carriage when they came back, she would have yelled for Lumi to apply medicine on her.

But she was really embarrassed.

After all... after all, how can I say this in front of so many people?

"Your Highness, the City Lord's Mansion and the Secret Guards have responded."

The head maid bent down and applied medicine to the little swan.

It was early morning, and I could vaguely see a pair of crystal clear little feet shaking under the blanket, with a beautiful texture in the falling sunlight.

Perhaps because the effect of the medicine was spreading, Little Swan's voice was a little confused:

"What's the result?"

Lumi held a jade-like ball in her hand and pushed it on the little swan.

Being confused and being awake are always different, and Lumi has mastered a set of superb skills.

As the jade stone pressed down lightly or heavily, the little swan's neck slightly tilted back, making a labored and shameful sound.

But as the pain passed, her frown gradually relaxed as the cold medicine touched her hot skin.

The warmth of the sunlight outside the window cannot suppress the lush autumn colors.

The same is true inside the window.

After confirming that the medicine had taken effect, Lumi whispered:

"The farmers who deliberately deceived others were found guilty of more than a dozen crimes by the Marquis of York."

"These include, but are not limited to, using cheap, inferior meat to flood the local market, maliciously raising prices after controlling the pricing of meat products, and mixing inferior products with diseased animal meat."

The little swan muttered, "Even if York Oldman doesn't do anything, he will show no mercy if he does."

“The farmer must be having a hard time right now, right?”

Lumi nodded: "The most serious ones have already started bankruptcy liquidation."

"What about the Blackwater Chamber of Commerce?"

"It is said that when he was found, he was already hanging on a street lamp. It was suicide."

Little Swan was surprised: "The kind of suicide where you get stabbed 24 times in the back?"

Lumi said, "No, the clean kind."

Little Swan shook his head and said, "If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place. I remember that Dragon Bone Grassland has a lot of assets."

"Do you want to ask Sister Wang for some money to buy a few farms?"

Little Swan feels that things are becoming less and less smooth with its recent "clashes" with Huoguo.

What’s even more hateful is that many of the misfortunes were caused by herself.

Thinking of this, her teeth were almost broken.

"Damn it, I'm not really going to feed pigs, am I? Should I buy myself a farm first?"

Lumi looked at Olivia grinding her teeth and said inexplicably:

"You and His Royal Highness Louis really have the same idea."

"ah?"

The little swan fell into a daze.

Then he quickly realized: "He paid for it?"

The head maid nodded. "I bought it. I bought it as Caesar. The farmers were eager to use money to smooth things over and avoid being executed. His Highness Louis also took this opportunity to lower the price."

"Plus, the farmers already know about the incident with the Book of the Dead. If this matter gets out of hand, they won't even have a chance to beg for mercy."

"Your Highness's cash flow is... a little too abundant. In order to make capital turnover, farmers urgently packed up and sold a large number of farms and livestock."

Olivia jumped up suddenly, touching her swollen buttocks. She howled again, and then said bitterly: "Such a high-quality asset, and they just gave it all away like this?"

"The shipment volume is too large, there aren't many forces with that much liquidity, and the news is a bit delayed. His Royal Highness Louis's current wave will double in a few years."

Olivia was dumbfounded: "Doesn't that mean that even if I'm an adult, I may not be able to mobilize as much funds as he does?!"

He covered his numb butt and said sadly, "This shouldn't happen. It was obviously me who shook the people, and I led the main force."

"I was promised that I would be far ahead."

"Why is he the one who is full again this time?"

The little swan was a little defensive.

But thinking about the fact that I’ve gotten used to having my defenses broken recently, it doesn’t seem so sad anymore.

At this time, Lumi said, "Her Highness Beatrice has been very busy with official duties recently. After much deliberation, she decided to announce her engagement ceremony with Her Highness Louis in advance."

The little swan's eyes gradually became confused, and finally a little dull.

"This is impossible!"

This kind of thing never happened in the previous life. Until Sister Wang was assassinated, they never made it public, let alone had an engagement ceremony.

etc……

The little swan broke out in a cold sweat.

Could it be that because of her interference, Huoguo became so prominent and really attracted the favor of Sister Wang?

"Is it me who made Sister Wang and Huoguo closer?"

How did I become the matchmaker for two people when I only wanted to break up the couple?

(End of this chapter)